Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2016
8 films · 3 reviews
(Country: Japan; Year: 1973; Director: Eiichi Yamamoto)
(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Nirpal Bhogal; Writer: Nirpal Bhogal, Sean Hogan; Stars: Antonia Thomas, Jonathan Hyde, Luke Norris, Lucy Chappell, Eileen Davies, Georgie Smith)
Overall, this is more miss than hit, but there are some nice ideas that will appeal to genre fans.
(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Anthony Scott Burns, Matt Johnson, Kevin Kolsch, Nicholas McCarthy, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Gary Shore, Kevin Smith, Sarah Adina Smith, Scott Stewart, Dennis Widmyer; Writer: Anthony Scott Burns, Matt Johnson, Kevin Kolsch, Nicholas McCarthy, Gary Shore, Kevin Smith, Sarah Adina Smith, Scott Stewart, Dennis Widmyer; Stars: Kevin Smith, Lorenza Izzo, Seth Green, Clare Grant, Michael Sun Lee, Michael Gross, Ruth Bradley, Jocelin Donahue, Ava Acres, Mark Steger, Andrew Bowen, Harley Morenstein, Scott Stewart, Jennifer Lafleur, Matt Johnson) , Trailer
What might easily have been a dry historical drama is delivered as a gripping action film complete with brutal battles and inventive chase scenes.
(Country: Norway; Year: 2016; Director: Nils Gaup; Writer: Ravn Lanesskog; Stars: Anders Dahlberg, Åsmund Brede Eike, Elg Elgesem, Pål Sverre Hagen, Thorbjørn Harr, Benjamin Helstad, Kristofer Hivju, Stig Henrik Hoff, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Adam Nemet, Jon Inge Nordnes, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Jakob Oftebro, Torkel Dommersnes Soldal)
There is smoke, there is a cauldron, there is an altar of sorts and there is a not very Grand Wizard who looks like someone who has crawled out from inside a bin lorry.
(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Anna Biller; Writer: Anna Biller; Stars: Elle Evans, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Samantha Robinson, Kaye L. Morris, Dani Lennon, Robert Michael Anderson, Lily Holleman, Ryan Poole, Gian Keys, Stephen Wozniak, Laura Waddell, Jennifer Ingrum, Giselle DaMier, Clive Ashborn, Jacob Peacock)
(Country: China; Year: 2015; Director: Wuershan; Stars: Angelababy, Kun Chen, Keith Collea, Alex Eckstorm, Marianna German, Sandra Gumuzzio, Bo Huang, Lorie Kellogg, Jonathan Kos-Read, Omar Krystion, Kevin Lee, Ivan Leon, Xiaoqing Liu, Yi Liu, Sean Mejia)
(Country: Spain, UK, Belgium; Year: 2015; Director: Steve Barker; Writer: Paul Gerstenberger; Stars: Dougray Scott, Jessica De Gouw, Martin McCann, Bentley Kalu, Jassa Ahluwalia, Sam Douglas, Claire Goose, Shane Zaza, Jamie Ward, Elen Rhys, Richard Laing, Sean Power, Robert Firth, Patrick Holland, Derek Siow)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Sion Sono; Writer: Kiminori Wakasugi, Sion Sono; Stars: Motoki Fukami, Elaiza Ikeda, Megumi Kagurazaka, Erina Mano, Reiya Masaki, Tsutomu Sekine, Shôta Sometani, Yuka Someya, Makita Sports, Ken Yasuda)
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